Lets come up with a test of basic fitness.

[Alobar]

Remember back in grade school when you had to take the "presidents test of physical fitness"? Well I was thinking we should come up with one like that for adults. Then when someone starts a thread about wanting to get in shape, they will have a goal to shoot for in terms of basic fitness. Or someone who doesnt work out much can try and go "hey I can come close, I bet I can get there, lets do it!"

What I would like this thread to be:
Like I said, a basic test of fitness. I was thinking the criteria should be what could be accomplished if a completely average adult male who wasnt overweight, but hadnt spent any time working out, could accomplish in 12 weeks if he worked out 3 times a week for 30-45 minutes. Id like all the "tests" we come up with to be readily available to anyone to do. i.e. you dont need a gym membership or free weights to do these tests.

What I DONT want this thread to be:
pointless dickwaving and retarded arguments. "I run a 3:42 mile and if you cant do a mile in under 5 minutes after 3 months you are a complete pussy!" or "omg, I bench 405 everyone should be able to at least bench 1.5x their body weight!". Remember its what someone who is in zero shape (but not overweight) could do after 3 months of moderate exersise and test without a gym membership. Im all for another thread tho where we come up with an "exceptional test of fitness" where you criteria is sub 5 miles and 2x benches and stuff, I just dont want that here.

Sound good?

Ok, so what are some tests and decent numbers for them? Im sure there will be lots of debate over the numbers cuz I think its hard for people who are in shape to remember what was possible when they first started, and for people out of shape to think they could ever do.

For starters I was thinking

mile run: <7:30
pushups: 30
pullups (palms out): 5
jump rope (you can make one for $1 so I think its ok): for at least 2 minutes

what are some other tests and what numbers should the ones above be?